Teresa Clay
Birmingham
Summary
Skilled Health Assistant with background in diverse healthcare settings. Strengths include patient communication, medical terminology knowledge, and ability to handle high-pressure situations. Have made significant contributions to improving patient care and streamlining administrative processes.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Health Assistant
Maricopa Unified School District
08.2025 - Current
- Attends to the needs of students and staff that become ill or have accidents requiring medical attention.
- Makes necessary referrals to healthcare resources in the community after consulting with the nurse.
- Assists in maintaining the school health office and health records.
- Assists the nurse in ensuring all students have required immunizations.
- Prepares list of students not current for the nurse to consult with the building Principal.
- Assists with vision and hearing screening.
- Assists nurses with the administration of medications in accordance with district policy and the Nurse Practice Act.
- Monitors supplies and equipment.
- Completes and maintains paperwork, reports, and files.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the building Principal and the Lead District Nurse.
- Maintains daily log of all students seen in the health office.
- Completes accident reports clearly and concisely. Leaves them for the school nurse to follow up before completing the form.
- Assists with the enrollment of students, reviews all immunizations prior to the student attending school, and consults nurse as needed.
- Notifies the building Principal and the Lead District Nurse of all emergencies and out breaks of infectious diseases.
- Reports suspected child neglect/abuse.
- Attends staff meetings and professional development.
Patient Care Technician
UAB Medicine
Birmingham
07.2023 - 06.2025
- Assisting patients with everyday needs
- Obtaining vital signs (temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiration and weight)
- Performing EKGs
- Performing finger sticks for A1C and Glucose levels
- Obtaining specimens for testing
- Performing pregnancy test
- Swabbing for Covid, Flu and Strep
- Helping nursing staff administer basic treatments
- Notifying nursing staff of any issues or concerns
- Keeping patient rooms clean and sanitized
- Ensuring that rooms have adequate patient care supplies
- Providing appropriate emotional support
- Assigning daily room assignments for physicians and staff
- Birmingham, AL
Cardiovascular Advanced Tech
Huntsville Hospital Heart Center
Huntsville
10.2022 - 07.2023
- Greets patients
- Prepare patient for testing
- Discharge patient
- Perform vital signs and EKG's
- Assist CT staff in performing scans
- Assist physicians as needed
- Clean and prepares work areas
- Research medical records and prepares charts
- Follow up tracking CT reports and chart completion
- Assists manager doing monthly reports, order and stock supplies, attend required meetings, others duties as needed
- Huntsville, AL
Cardiovascular Scrub Technician
Huntsville Hospital Heart Center
Huntsville
11.2015 - 09.2022
- Greet and identified patients and prepared patients for surgical procedures
- Perform vital signs and EKGs.
- Assist the physicians and staff in the treatment of patients and assist during procedures
- Prepare equipment and supplies for use in the procedure, and determines procedure room is in readiness order and stocked for case
- Identifies instruments and places in container for transport for sterilization
- Utilizes principles of universal precautions during procedure and handles instruments and supplies correctly, and ensures their proper functioning
- Process the patient for discharge and assist with clean-up and proceed with preparation for the next case
- Maintain and prepare appropriate paperwork as per procedure
- Process chargers for appropriate procedure and supplies used
- Enter appropriate health information into Electronic Medical Records
- Order and stock supplies and ensure the stock room is in a neat and orderly manner
- Keep procedure, clinic, and complications logs for Physicians and PA according to IAC standards
- Completes all required CBL's and competencies.
- Maintained patient confidentiality
- Huntsville, AL
Health Care Assistant/Women's Surgery 3WSE
Huntsville Hospital Women's & Children
Huntsville
04.2012 - 11.2015
- Assist and support the assigned unit by facilitating communication with patients, physician, staff, visitors, and ancillary departments
- Carry out orders as prescribed by the physician
- Direct incoming calls and responds to patient inquiries
- Update patient charts in the Medical Information System
- Maintained patient charts, unit files and secretarial supply levels
- Responsibilities include, maintaining a safe and orderly environment for the patients and the healthcare team.
- Huntsville, AL
Registration Representative, Rep II
Huntsville Hospital Emergency Department
Huntsville
03.2011 - 04.2012
- Accurately obtain and enter demographic and financial information from all patients
- Handle all customer service issues in a friendly manner
- Collect copays as determined by the patient's insurance carriers, and post transactions accurately
- Performed registration functions with minimal supervision, and able to multitask and demonstrate efficiency using organizational skills
- Knowledge of policies and procedures pertinent to work area
- Responsible for managing personal time and attendance and notifying supervisors immediately of issues that may arise.
- Huntsville, AL
Bookkeeper/Office Manager
Rise Real Estate, Inc
Huntsville
08.2003 - 03.2011
- Responsible for the day-to-day administration and office operations
- Ensured customer relations and inquiries
- Responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, record keeping, scheduling, data entry, records management, bank deposits, purchasing, and calendar and year-end reports
- Accurately entered data for invoices, printed and disbursed on a monthly basis, calculated and posted payments daily
- Processed listings, sales, and closings of real estate properties
- Responsible for real estate licenses renewals, prepared paperwork for Errors & Omissions insurance, and city of Huntsville's property tax form on a yearly basis
- Obtained Notary Public for Alabama
- Huntsville, AL
Education
Business -
Calhoun Community College
Athens, AL01.1990
General Studies and Accounting -
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL01.1986
Diploma -
Virgil I Grissom High School
Huntsville, AL01.1985
Skills
- Vital signs monitoring
- Loan officer expertise
- CPR and first aid
- Secretarial support
- Medical terminology knowledge
- HIPAA compliance
- Front office operations
- Customer service excellence
- Sterilization preparation
- Self-motivation
- Charting proficiency
- Electronic health records management
- Communication skills
- Documentation and reporting
- Team collaboration
- Attention to detail
- Reliability
Certification
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Personal Information
Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Health Assistant
Maricopa Unified School District
08.2025 - Current
Patient Care Technician
UAB Medicine
07.2023 - 06.2025
Cardiovascular Advanced Tech
Huntsville Hospital Heart Center
10.2022 - 07.2023
Cardiovascular Scrub Technician
Huntsville Hospital Heart Center
11.2015 - 09.2022
Health Care Assistant/Women's Surgery 3WSE
Huntsville Hospital Women's & Children
04.2012 - 11.2015
Registration Representative, Rep II
Huntsville Hospital Emergency Department
03.2011 - 04.2012
Bookkeeper/Office Manager
Rise Real Estate, Inc
08.2003 - 03.2011
Business -
Calhoun Community College
General Studies and Accounting -
Jacksonville State University
Diploma -
Virgil I Grissom High School